Running Club News 1/9/14

This evening was the last run focused on fitness levels. It was greeted with a sigh of relief as the runners realised they didn’t have to run up Raley Road anymore!! As we get closer to the Great South Run the club tends to swell and we had good numbers this evening. A big welcome to Mandy, who ran for the first time with the club this evening. She came along with Sharon and between them they covered the 5.4m tough circuit in a great time, averaging a fantastic 9m 23s per mile, very impressive. Both ladies are running the Great South Run this year as are many of this evenings runners.

Chris is also new to the running club, although he has attended once before this is the first recorded session for him. He did fantastic, pushing himself right to the end and finishing with a 9m 34s average per mile. Brilliant!! Also back this evening from a long break was Tom, he has been away for several months, but returned this evening to put in a PB on a very tough circuit, his 9m 22s average was the best run for the running club since he started, well done Tom. Also putting in a PB for the 2nd consecutive run this evening was Mike. His sprint up Raley Road certainly helped as he took 9 seconds off his last time to record a PB of….wait for it!…6m 44s !!!! Awesome!!!

There were some great runs this evening again with Jo (8 seconds) and Alistair (5 seconds) just missing out on Personal Bests. Jo had been a little naughty in the early stages of the run, encouraging Greg to sprint up the hills in Dibles, Greg managed it perfectly well and kept up for the first half of the run, but left little in the tank on the return part of the run and fell back, his 10m 31s was still a very respectable time and the fitness benefit from sprinting the hills will put him in good-stead for the coming weeks.

Maggie and Sat Nav were back after a couple of weeks holiday and straight in to a tough run, but they managed it non-stop and in a great time under 11mins per mile, well done team! Sandy was also back after several weeks away but his fitness levels are no less as his 9m 20s average was the same as 4 weeks ago on an easier route!! Pete was back, and although his knee is still troublesome and he was carrying several extra pasties after 2 weeks in Cornwall, he still managed an “i’m taking it easy today!” 8m 37s! I hate to see him when he isn’t taking it easy!

Well done to all the runners. Next week we are to do something a little different, but still focusing on fitness levels for the GSR!!

Name 01/09/2014 Speed
Mark 5.40 00:47:08 00:08:44
Sandy S 5.40 00:50:26 00:09:20
Pete 5.40 00:46:30 00:08:37
Mike Y 5.40 00:36:23 00:06:44
Jo F 5.40 00:49:57 00:09:15
Mike H 5.40 00:57:25 00:10:38
Maggie 5.40 00:57:25 00:10:38
Alistair 5.40 00:47:08 00:08:44
Greg 5.40 00:56:49 00:10:31
Sharon 5.4 00:50:42 00:09:23
Chris 5.4 00:51:39 00:09:34
Tom 5.4 00:50:34 00:09:22
Mandy 5.4 00:50:42 00:09:23
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